A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden , & Greenwood Cemetery.A Brooklyn Bird Club service www.brooklynbirdclub.org Note: short posts of rare sightings /activity alerts are sent by cell phone.If the species name(s)/locale is first in the title heading, it's a cellphone text message afield.Also note: Brooklyn Conservation posts.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday Prospect B&W Warbler
( A late post from me due to all day Friday trip to Jones Beach for the spectacular all white Snowy Owl, 3 Harlequin Ducks, Razorbills,lots Loons, with friends Mary, Janet Zinn and Alan Baratz ..Check the latest NYC RBA on http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html; and then an evening concert-- no time email yesterday)
See this Picture of the Snowy Owl from Janet Zinn
http://www.facebook.com/Janet.Zinn.Photography
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I received this report from Bobbi Manian
From Bobbi, the BLACK &WHITE WARBLER is along the south Midwood mulch woods trail by the shipping containers--seen around 3 pm.
--KB
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From Adam Welz:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 20, 2012 1:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: cold, not many interesting waterbirds about. Only 1 Canada Goose.
28 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 35 approx
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) X
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 12
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 8
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X hundreds
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 30
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)